Kumar was sworn in as the Bihar chief minister for the sixth time on Thursday, barely 18 hours after his surprise resignation.

Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi, who was admitted to the hospital on Wednesday as the political drama played out in Patna, returned to the Raj Bhawan late in the night and administered the oath of office to Kumar at 10am.

His surprise resignation sank the three-party “grand alliance” of his Janata Dal (United), Lalu Prasad’s Rashtriya Janata Dal and Congress that defeated the BJP in the 2015 state elections.

Highlights:

1.45pm: Happy that govt led by Nitish Kumar has won vote of confidence, we will sit down soon to discuss about the cabinet: Bihar deputy CM Sushil Modi.

1.20pm: Asked several questions in assembly today, but BJP and Nitish Kumar had no answers to them: Tejashwi Yadav.

People of Bihar will teach them a lesson; when they couldn't answer my questions in assembly, then how will they answer the people?:Tejashwi pic.twitter.com/1057HXIRUJ

10.10am: Tejashwi Yadav, who led a protest march to the Raj Bhawan after midnight, threatened protests across the state against Kumar on Friday, saying he “will find it difficult to move around”.

“My performance perturbed our ally and BJP. Vendetta against me exposes their viciousness”, Yadav said in a tweet.

10am: In the 243-member Assembly, Nitish Kumar needs the support of 122 members for a majority. The Chief Minister’s party has 71 legislators, the BJP 53. BJP allies have 5 seats — Ram Vilas Paswan’s LJP has 2 seats, RLSP has 2 seats and HAM has 1. There are 4 Independents and 4 CPI-ML lawmakers. Between them, the RJD and Congress have 107 seats.

9.30am: The trust vote will be held in the Bihar legislative assembly at 11am. If the situation demands, the Speaker could go for a secret ballot.

9.15am: CM well get a full majority today. Politics is about serving people, it’s not a medium to collect money or property, says JD(U) leader Neeraj Kumar told ANI news.

9am: The RJD feels being the single largest party, with 80 legislators, the governor should have given it a chance rather than asking Kumar to prove his majority on the floor of the House.